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getting ready for manic monday. no fog in that shot, but some in the traffic cameras and over on the shore and we will have traffic right after weather. >> what we want to do before we talk about the fog, on the radar, it is a damp-feeling morning, but it is not wet. no rain in the area. we had showers overnight. we will not see this burn off any time soon. the temperatures in the mid 50s, in the mid 50s now, and at lunch, dropping to 45 by bed time. take it away. >> how about the way to work or school? sharron? at traffic control? >> we are locking at two accidents, the two that we are watching, on the east boulevard, the other on liberty road and florida, but as far as the other issues, the fog on

the east side, same for the hey din memorial bridge, still looking nice on the outside loop, there is a look outside, it is foggy in that shot, there is a look at 70 west of the beltway and the same for that shot and up on franklin boulevard. set for traffic information, log onto wjz. com. there is heavy fog on the east shore and kent county schools will open an hour late because of the fog and in this city, a retrial for the twin brothers that are said to have set a pit bull on fire and leaving her to die. we are live outside the courthouse with more. >> good morning. pgh

>> reporter: the judge asked for a larger than normal pool, the two twin brothers are set to go into their second trial today, a hold out was not sure of the guilt and that ended in a mistrial. >> either way, it has brought a lot of attention to the cause for animal abuse. >> new evidence this time, this as the mother is saying that her boys are innocent. >> the judge asked for a larger jury pool because of holiday plans or the strong opinions over this case. >> as a result of this case, the mayor has an anti-animal abuse task force. two people hurt in a plane

crash about five miles from sol mon island. the injuries are not life threatening. they are looking now to see if the pilot just over shot the runway. >> and more on the pepper spray by police to the demonstrators in the occupy wall street movement. they would not move as they were hit with the pepper spray and the two police officers involved are on leave. after three mons of negotiating, a panel is expected to say that they will not be able to come up with a way to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion dollars. the democrats would not budge on tax hikes for the wealthy and the republicans would not budge on health care and

medicaid. expect a lot of company and you might have more money than you expected. >> millions of americans have some other mace they want to be this year, each for their own reason. >> the food and the family. the travelers will drive to grandma's house. >> the roads will be crowded. >> busy because of the 87,000 people in maryland will travel $3.5% more than last year and also more than last year, the gasoline prices, 45-cents per gallon higher than a year ago and in maryland, the tolls are up, some people may take a bus. >> it is cheap, i can just set back and sleep. >> many in maryland will skip the roads altogether and take a

plane or train. and katy will take the maine, even with that 300-dollar ticket. >> this could be the only holiday with more travel than last year and if you need to shop before the holidays, consider a gift card, the most popular purchase for the holidays, with 80% buying them this year, up three percent from last year. in sports, the ravens kick off a new week and new position, tied for first, here is mark --

. it looked like advantage baltimore, throwing for 373- yards, but three interceptions were thrown, two in back-to- back possessions and then those were turned to the touchdown and this touchdown on the 45th, with the miss, but the bengals had the ball with the chance to tie, but the raven's defense held on our guys made plays, they made plays and we bounced back and got the win. >> you get your team the lead and you have to watch at the end, what was it like for you? >> i did not like it, i felt like a fan. you understand how people get nervous, especially at the five, thinking you might have to go to overtime, but the defense did a great job and

stepped up and put on the pressure in the end -- at the end, we would have liked to have made it less exciting, if possible, but give credit to the bengals, they are a a very good football team. >> and now the ravens will be number one in the afc and look for a perfect record with the win in the next game. and in maryland, they are hoping to go out on a winning note by winning. that will be right here on w j eds. it was ugly, but we are not going to throw water on the parade. it was a very, very big win, a division win, records, we are

owning the tie breaker with the steelers and i think we will see the playoff action, the road to the super bowl as far as the afc will have to go up russell street. >> what that is what i'm talking about. >> football in four days, our attention will go to our bowl one. a record broke on casting your vote on who will get the award. >> our crowd is still gathering, it is the 13th annual manic monday melt down. >> it is coming up and we will

have the finalist, we will have everybody with the eyewitness news morning from jims --

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participated with on line and the stadium was full, more people than in that vision participated in this year's manic melt down. that is huge, the temperatures and dew point, we are sounding proud about that, we are. 100% humidity, the barometer and warmer than this time last week. we are 58 in pax river, everybody in the mid 50s, in the area, steady, and inkent and ohio, we will have the chance of showers, the exception of this morning and today. in the forecast through wednesday night. there will be a slow clear out and the sun will come out thursday and a mild thanksgiving week and the normal high is 56 and today we will be at 56 and the normal

overnight low is 36 and tonight is 42 and the periods of rain, a high of 55 and look at how mild it is. 61 on wednesday witness and 53 and sunny. friday and saturday and 64 and mild enough on wednesday night, mom will have to find something else to do with the jello mold if it does not fit in the fridge. it will be too mild. it is foggy, kent county school will start an hour late. here is sharron at traffic control. >> it is foggy enough to have the fog warnings on the area bridges, two accidents we are watching, one on the east boulevard, the other one on liberty road at florida road. that should be cleared up shortly because it has been there for a bit. more on the bay bridge, if you head out on the beltway,

the speeds are slowing on the west side, the west side outside loop, it is 50 miles per hour with a 15-minute drive time, on the topside of the beltway, not looking that bad, there is 83 and that is brought to you by toyota. now it is time for the manic monday melt down. (singing) --

. look at the clouds, -- crowds, we have it going on this morning. these people came all the way down, give yourself a hand. we love having you guys, john's hopkins, the jump starters, we appreciate it, the medical development corporations, we love you guys. (cheers). they are in the house, forest haven nursing home, thank you for coming down -- . one finalist, right here, it is just more on the production. thank you, ladies. come forward here. ful. the baltimore blast cheerleaders, they are here every melt down and we want to

say thank you, very much. we have vicky here. and behind them, i have to show the people the university head start -- thank you. (applause). our friends, my doctors, gas throwology and in the back, kid's peace and the kids in crisis center, thank you. moving on -- some finalist here. . thank you for coming down and back here, for the elementary

school, you are just fabulous. i just noticed that buck, the manager of the orioles is right here and we have one of our finalist right here. the girl scouts of central maryland, good morning. we love the scouts, thank you for coming down. who let the dogs out back there? our friend, bob e nick is here. did i miss anybody? thank you very much.

>> the office of administration hearings. give them a big hand and thank you for coming down. this is awesome -- -- i have a gentleman we want to i hope throw dues, the general manager and vice- president of wjz, jay new man. >> it is good that this morning marty did not screw up the weather. just kidding, marty. >> why are you laughing? >> what mart said. >> that is the reason i don't have an ear piece. >> the weather is great, this is what it is about, people connecting with people in maryland and we want to say thank you for making wjz maryland's most watched television station, have a great season. >> thank you, jay. stay here. we mentioned this early on, this year was by far a new

record. we had about 81,000 people voting on wjz.com -- cbs baltimore.com, terrific. >> thank you thank you. good to see you. >> i said this early on, think about the bank stadium more than full . we want to say thank you,

that is greg on the camera, carol is in the truck, can we get a look in the truck. >> i will see if mark can turn around. right, she is always here with me on manic monday. we will say hello to everybody on the next segments. we will have the awards in the next segment and see who will take home that covetd award! thank you, very much. see you. carol will have to get down there with the truck and leaving television hill at about 5:00 and getting here about 4:30 in the morning and it take as lot to do that and

carol is the chief cook and bottle washer. >> only one day a week does she get help for that. the forecast with a high of 56 today. keep your umbrella's at arm's leng now through wednesday witnesstroke -- length now through wednesday night. we will take a break and be right back -- [ dog barking ],, mom!

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. five competed, it is the manic monday melt down, ron will tell us who will go home with the award and who will get the spirit award. in weather, that played into it. stay with us, it is the eye witness morning show and we will be right back -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. on line, more than 80,000 of you voted to decide who will take home this year's covetd award and the crowd is now in

place and getting built up with the noise all the time. >> it is so cool. i love watching this crowd build. right out here, the high five on the air, run down the hall. >> outside! the fog is around and the kent county schools will be an hour late. we are over at the first morning weather. >> on the radar, it is just a fog issue. we had showers overnight, but no rain in the area and it is just a damp feeling morning, but not a wet drive to school. in the park, foggy and then cloudy and then, mark, come over here. right here, it is a group effort on the melt down. come back here. that is a cool five! that was the coolest thing i have ever seen. mark is with us every morning behind the scenes.

back over to don, take it away. >> will you be looking through your windshield? >> we have problems popping up, an accident on 95, a big problem, an accident, blocking two left lanes, that is popping up there, that is on west bound, the accident that is working on the road, a disabled vehicle on 97 north bound, that is on the highway and there is a look at the speeds, getting slow on the west side, that is a 15-minute drive time, that is 295 west bound, the fog that is an issue and the fog warnings on the area bridges this morning, there is a look at the beltway, this traffic report is brought to you by toyota dealers --

. he shook his head, the prosecution laid out the reasons for the arrest. it was saturday afternoon. >> he had just finished building the third and final bomb. >> the new york city police said that this video is showing the power of the devices he was building. >> he talked about killing u.s. service men that were returning home from iraq and afghanistan and talked about bombing post office in and around washington heights and police cars in new york city and a police station in new jersey. >> the investigators started to follow the 27-year-old two careers back when they found out he was following a radical cleric. he used an on line letter to learn how to build bombs and he

lickly accelerated the plot after a drone strike killed the cleric earlier this year. >> he is facing several charges, including conspiring to build a bomb for the terror purposes and he will be prosecuted under state, not the federal law. new york, wjz, eyewitness news. >> he has been denied bail and the members of the new york city occupy wall street movement spent the night camping out near the harbor. they are going to continue their walk to washington d.c. and plan to be there by thanksgiving. all eyes on the courthouse this morning and twin brothers are going on trial for killing a pit bull by setting her on fire. >> the potential jury members

are expected to come to court and be asked if they have strong opinions about the case because of all the media attention. >> the first trial ended in a mistrial. the dog was set on fire and was burned so badly she had to be put down. the twins will go object trial after the first ended in february with a hung jury. one hold out was not sure of the guilt. >> we are hoping for a good verdict in the case, but either way, this case has brought enormous attention to the animal abuse here in the city. >> they will call a new expert witness this time, they are expected to cast doubt on the video that came from the scene and it caught the twins running from the dog. the mother is continuing to say that her sons are innocent. >> they are already being held on unrelated charges, one for

attempted murder and the other on burglary. the police will step up security in and around the mall, that is after the shooting deaths of two people outside the mall the weekend before last and even with that crime, the mall is still said to be a safe place to shop by the police. >> we challenge anybody to go to the mall and they will see the police presence there and inside and outside, that will be up for the holiday season is approaching. the men accused of the double homicide was killed by the police outside of his home. the stock market is in jitters this morning after the upset in spain, their unemployment rate is at 21%. in sports, another name is on the ring of honor.

the former kicker, mat stover was inducted yet, the 5th player to get that honor. he is fourth in nfl history, the ravens leading scorer of all time. mark? >> good morning. the ravens came in without ray lewis playing for the first time in four years, but the bengals came in with even more injuries and a rookie quarterback and it looked like the advantage was going to baltimore, but andy played well for a rookie, he through for 327-yards and he also threw three interceptions and the ravens turned two of those into a touchdown. there is a pass from black to the 45th, missing with 165 receiving yards, but the

bengals had the ball and the chance to tie in the final minutes, but the ravens held on in a nail biter. >> they made plays, the guys made plays, but we bounced back and got the win. >> you got your team the lead and had to watch as they were driving in? -- i felt like a fan. it did not feel good. you understand how nervous people get, especially at the five. then you wonder. maybe it will go to overtime. the defense did a great job to step up and put on the pressure in the end. >> in the end, we wanted to make it less exciting, if possible. but give credit to the bengals, they are a good team. >> with the victory, they went to seven and three, the first place in the afctroke c north and they look to play perfect on thursday night. back to you. >> the steelers will play the chiefs from kansas sunday night

and the maryland football team that will return to action, that will be as they look to may their last game of the season, that is saturday at noon. >> it was a really important win. to analyze the game, not going to throw water on the parade, the ravens took it to the house yesterday, essentially, we are now, because we own the tie breaker, ahead of the steelers, you will see a playoff game in january in baltimore, maryland and really quickly, before we head out, we have to give a round of applause to stover. yet the induction into the ring of honor and all of those but one was there to see this. he made a beautiful statement. he said when you look up and

say his name, please see your name, it was all about the fans and that is the reason they decided to live, after football, here in baltimore. >> he is a total class guy, what the ravens are all about. on the first morning doppler, no rain in the area, it will be a damp feeling, the day part, the temperatures in the 50s, through the day, ladies and gentlemen, it is show time -- -- take it away, ron! it is the manic monday melt down -- cheering's cheerstroke. it is the manic monday melt down, the winner of the spirit award will be presented in three minutes. stay with us -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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than at this time yesterday and if you take out the high and low numbers, like 46 and everybody in the mid 50s this morning. we are pretty much at the day time high and the mid 50s will be with us around the area for the day. not until wednesday night and thursday when we see the bit of clearing and today it is not really going to be a wet day, just feeling damp. keep an umbrella at arm's length and there could be some passing showers, starting tonight and through wednesday night. 42 is the overnight low and 55 tomorrow, some areas of rain and the same on wednesday with a high of 61 and a mild thanksgiving week. sunny, the low mid 50s and 60 and 64 with the sun on friday and saturday. don, take it away. the school advisory, the kent county schools are opening

an hour late because of the fog. >> good morning and if you head out, it is really busy, an accident on 95 that is slowing things down and the accident south bound, blocking two left lanes, 12 minimums away and the other accident, that is one that will be at 95 and the accident on east boulevard at just after steven son run and three accidents on the city, the winds at north park and bellaire road, a disabled vehicle on 97 north bound and fire activity in the same block. here is a look at the speeds on the beltway, down to 73 miles per hour on the west side. there is a live look at the delay and you can see the fog out there, a dense fog advisory on the area bridges this morning. this morning the traffic is brought to you by your toyota

dealer. now is the time to make the jump to toyota. all this week, we will award 25-dollar gift certificates and today linda baker will be getting that from the coffee with, but that morning, we will be heading over to manic monday for the award. >> this is it, the 13th annual manic monday melt down! we are live in the mild of this crowd, thank you for coming. now! now! before we present our awards, our great crew down here, the

great rose and mark, thank you so very much. wjz, the vice-president and general manager, jay knew man, thank you. (applause). our good friends at the tux house, what do you think about that. it is great! >> thank you, very much. all the great people, all the people that were so patient and wonderful, give them a great big hand. jim, and nick, over from jim's restaurant for all you have done. thank you for everything you and your dad do for us. >> thank you. we have a lot of fun and thank you for what you do. it is a hard work for this event. we worked all week, we talked about it and i want to say hello to everybody, to the coach that could not be here today.

hope you are feeling better, coach. >> thank you! for the first spirit award, in this group, we came down, it was the coldest morning of the year, come on up, come on up, what is your name? >> angie jones. >> there is from the morning state head start. . say hello for the university, our cab drivers back there.

and the next spirit award, they went hammer and tongue for the entire voting period, they finished second and they came down here and they did a great job performing and john will present the award. oliver beach elementary school -- (applause). >> congratulations on your spirit award. >> thank you, very much. >> you did a great job -- we appreciate it, thank you. >> great to see you, thank you. >> all right. let's bring it over, the winners of the spirit award, the best of manic monday, 2011, going to the team from the deck. >> we want to say thank you, to our local clients, the hospital, the support to help us vote and all of our family

out there, congratulations. >> congratulations to you. this is yours for 2011. >> thank you, very much. >> let's give them a big hand! plap -- it is that time. we have part of our family here. we have john and joe and luther and you would have thought that george clooney walked in with luther this morning. >> the music if you please! >> i have to get over to our machine here and we are ready to rock and roll on this manic monday. (music playing) --

. >> (applause). -- ron, baltimore, the way to go. >> ron, invite them back. >> sure!

>> we want to invite you all back for the monday melt down in 2012! . thank you, thank you for everything. one more, two more people we want to say thank you -- first of all, everybody back in the station, in the control room and the producers and directors, i cannot name everybody, but what about the two goes sitting up there, don scott and marty bass (applause) -- ron, we thank you. without you, there is no manic monday. >> thank you. you are the greatest and we want to say thank you very much. what a great event and next year, right here -- -- (laughs). let's do it again. thank you for coming down, congratulations, everybody. >> see you. after the commercial break,

we will have the time lapse of that crowd building. here it is now. >> tell you what, we will send that into the break and it is a warm and humid and damp, but not wet morning. no rain in the forecast. a high of around -- in the mid 50s where it is now. how amazing is that? >> something that started small is continuing to build. we will be right ,,,,,,,,,,,

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. time for the forecast, a mostly cloudy sky, a widely- scattered showers in the area, the temperatures up to about 56 and the first morning doppler quickly, a light shower, it is popping up, right up on the try- state border, if you will. >> over to the traffic control, good morning. >> following that accident on 95 south bound, blocking two left lanes, and this is a new accident, on the belt way at 295. for experts in pluming and drain cleaning, call to have it done. stay with us for news and weather and traffic coming up and the latest on a plot to target police and the u.s. service members that is stopped in ,,,,,,